2024-09-13 02:24:42
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to increase the minimum support price (MSP) of soybean to Rs 4,892 per quintal and sent it to the Centre for approval. Significantly, this decision was taken as the Congress party’s Kisan Nyay Yatra started in the state.
Earlier in the day, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Centre has already approved the proposals of three states, including Maharashtra, and the proposal of Madhya Pradesh will be considered on priority basis. Talking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting, state Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya said Chief Minister Mohan Yadav proposed to increase the MSP of soybean to Rs 4,892 per quintal and the Cabinet approved the proposal.
Farmers were not getting the right price
He said the state has a good production of soybean but farmers are not getting the right price. The current price is Rs 4,000 per quintal and the proposal will be sent to the Centre for approval.
What did Shivraj Singh Chouhan say?
Earlier, Shivraj Singh Chauhan had said that the Center is committed to buying soybean at MSP. He said that three states including Maharashtra and Karnataka had demanded to buy soybean and they were allowed to do so under the Center’s Price Support Scheme (PSS). Shivraj said that we are in touch with the state government. There are two schemes under which the state government can buy soybean. We will give permission immediately.
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Meanwhile, state Congress president Jitu Patwari launched the Kisan Nyay Yatra against the state government for not fulfilling the promises made to farmers.